Emergency Medical Technician at Action Ambulance Service Inc – Pittsfield, Massachusetts

New Highly Competitive Pay Scale! We are looking for EMTs and Paramedics!

Full time, Part time and Per Diem Openings

No prior experience required. Must be EMT-B certified within one month of offer.

General Function:

Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic (EMT-B) (and EMT-Intermediate) provides care according to the Statewide Treatment Protocols. EMT’s check equipment and supplies and maintain their assigned facility. Also provide non-emergency transportation.Major Responsibilities

• Dedication to the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence
• Reassuring patients and bystanders by working in a confident, efficient manner.
• Assesses and stabilizes patients using learned Basic Life Support (BLS) skills.
• Avoiding mishandling and undue haste while working expeditiously to accomplish the task.
• Provides communications to various communications centers and notifies receiving facilities when appropriate.
• Cleans all equipment following appropriate disinfecting procedures
• Decontaminates the interior of the vehicle after transport of patient with contagious infection.
• Ensures that the ambulance is clean and washed and kept in a neat orderly condition in accordance with local, state or federal regulations.

• EMT-B or AEMT certification
• State issued driver’s license

Physical Requirements

• Lifting the stretcher (be able to lift and carry 125 pounds),
• Being able to stand for an extended amount of time.
• Able to drive